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Toxicant and Disease Database

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.

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dibromochloropropane (DBCP)

CAS number: 67708-83-2

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

Abnormal sperm (morphology, motility, and sperm count)

Hormonal changes (levels of circulating sex hormones - FSH/LH, Inhibin, and/or estrogens, progesterones, androgens, prolactin)

Reduced fertility - male (infertility and subfertility)

Good Evidence

Altered sex ratio

Fetotoxicity (miscarriage / spontaneous abortion, stillbirth)

Limited Evidence

Asthma - irritant

Cervical cancer

Hepatocellular cancer (liver cancer)

Lung cancer

Nasopharyngeal / sino-nasal cancer

Prostate cancer

Renal (kidney) cancer

Stomach cancer

Testicular cancer

Testicular toxicity

References for our 2011 disease list

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.

LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.

Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.